Can-labeling machine.



M. FEYBUSCH.

CAN LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I917.

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CAN LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. 1911-.

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MARTIN FEYBUSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAN-LABELING IMAGHIN E.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN FEYBUSOH, a'citizen of Germany, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new andusefu] Improvements in Can-Labeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a can labeling machine which is of compact construction and permits can bodies of different sizes to be covered with labels in a simple, quick and accurate manner.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan of a can labeling machine embodying my invention; a

Fig. 2, a left hand end view thereof;

Fig. 3, a section on line 3 -3 Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a detail of the pick off and label guiding means;

Fig. 5, a sectionon line 55 Fig. 2, and

Fig. .6, a fragmentary section showing the roller supporting bracket.

The machine frame 1 carries a slotted plate 2, to which a table 3 and a pair of flanged supports 4 are adjustably secured by clamp screws 5, said table and supports being designed ,for the reception of the labels. Byproperly. setting the table and supports, they may be adapted for labels of different sizes, and for guiding the labels along different paths. Back of table 3 is mounted in the frame 1, a pair of superposed knurled feed rollers 67. the pass formed between said rollers being somewhat" below the plane of the table. The shaft 8 of lower roller 6 turns in bearings 9. and is adapted to be'coupled to the shaft of the driving Wheel 10. by means of a suitable clutch 11. Bearings 9 are unround or partly cut away, and are locked in position within the lower enlarged portions of upright slots 12 formed in frame 1. by means of keys 13. i The shaft of upper feed roller 7, is received by said slots 12. said roller being taken along by roller 6. through frictional contact. Back of roller 7. there is provided an upright guide plate or deflector 14 which directs the label 15 upwardly and against-the face of a paste applying roller 16. cooperating with a lower paste receiving roller 17. The latter dips into a paste vessel 18, and its shaft 19 is furnished with unround bearings 20, which after being slipped into place through slots 21 of frame 1, are locked in position by the keys 13. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '3, 191?.

Application filed March 16, 1917. Serial No. 155,144.

shaft 22 of roller 16, turns in bearings 23 engaged by the coned ends of a pair of set screws 24. By properly manipulating these screws, bearings 23 may be slightly raised or lowered so as to carry roller 16 into less or greater proximity to roller 17 and thus regulate the film of adhesive, transmitted from the latter to the former. Shaft 22 receives motion from shaft 8 by wheels 25, 26 while shaft 19 receives motion in a reverse direction from shaft 22 by a pair of intergeared Wheels 27, the upper wheel only being shown in Fig. 1. I

From roller 16, label 15 passes partly around a first knurled can supporting roller 28, cooperating with a second knurled can supporting roller 29, the shafts 30, 31 of said rollers turning in a bracket 32, screwed to frame 1 as at 33. Shafts 30, 31 are located in substantially the same horizontal plane, but the diameter of roller 29 is considerably greater than that of roller 28, so that it turns with a greater surface speed and thus effects a wiping or brushing movement on the label as the same is applied to the can and hereinafter more fully referred to. Shaft 30 receives motion from shaft 22 by wheel 34 and pinion 35 and transmits motion in a like direction to shaft 31 by pinions 36, 37 mounted on said shafts and engaged by an interpolated pinion 38. Both of the rollers 28. 29 are provided with a number of peripheral grooves 39. adapted for the accommodation of the beads or .fianges of the can 40 which is supported 31 of roller 29. may be mounted in either one of two bearings 41. 42 located at different distances from the bearing of shaft 30, Figs. 2 and 3 illustrating shaft 31 as engaging the outermost bearing 41 while Fig. 4 illustrates the shaft as supported by inner bear ng 42. When shaft 31 is transferred to the inner bearing. and the machine. is thus set for smaller cans. a smaller intermediate pinion 38 is of course. employed. and the latter is shifted to a bearing arranged sidewise of its former hearing so as to become again centered between pinions 36 and 37. At a suitable point there extends longitudinally betweemrollers 28, 29,

a pin 43, which is axially adjustable by means of a set screw 44, and which constitutes a gage or abutment for engaging one of the can heads, as the can is placed on the rollers;

Label is picked ofi paste roller 16 and guided partly around the smaller roller 28,

by means of a plurality'of concaved jaws or strippers 45, that face the lower part of the roller, and are received within the in ner slotted ends of arms 46 to which they are secured by screws 47. The outer eyed ends of the arms, loosely embrace a rod 48 v hung in frame 1. Each jaw 45 rests by Guides 50 extend a distance beyond jaws 45, so as to reach over the top of roller 28,

-which coats the same with an adhesive.

and thus deflect the label against the can in the manner desired. Means are provided for projecting the guides 50 over roller 28, to a greater'or less extent, so that they are adapted to serve cans of a smaller or larger diameter. For 'this purpose, the shanks 49 are articulated, the two members thereof be: ing adapted to be clamped to each other at different angles by means of screws 51. Thus the" greater the angle or elbow formed between said members, the more will the guides be advanced while when the angle is reduced, the guides will be correspondingly 'retracted. The outer eyed members of 'shanks 49 encircle a rod 52, mounted in 7 frame 1 beneath rod 48, and are furnished with clamp screws 53 by means of which they may be immovably held in position after being adjusted along the rod. The operation of the machine will be readily understood:

The labels 15' are successively fed by rollers 6, 7 underneath plate 14, to roller 16,

This will cause the foremost label to adhere to roller 16, to such an extent that the latter. will'take up the function of further advancing the label. The latter is peeled off roller 16 by jaws 45 and will rise along the concaved working'edges of the latteruntil it becomes engaged by the concaved' working edges of guides 50. These guides will turn the label partly over roller 28, and toward the tangential line of contact formed between said roller and the can bodyfiil supported on rollers 28, 29. The rotat on of the roller 28 and of the can body (which should be charged) will exercise such a pull' meagre on the label, that the latter is withdrawn fi'om the face of guide 50, and drawn against roller 28 (Fig. 3) which carries the same into contact with the can body, around which the label will now be pasted.

It may be noted that while jaws 45 should always occupy a fixed position, so as to engage and peel the label ofi roller 16, guides 50 should be adjustable, so as to be projected to a greater or less extent over roller 28, in conformity with the size of the can bodies to be labeled. Hence the necessity of employing the guides in addition to the aws.

Owing to the fact that the surface speed of roller 29 is greater than that of roller 28, the former vwill, while feeding, brush along the label and thus assume the additional function of effecting an intimate and smooth connection of the same with the can.

I claim:

1. A can labeling machine comprising means for feeding a label, means for applying an adhesive to said label, a first can supporting roller, a second can supporting roller, two sets of bearings arranged at different ing roller, either of said bearings being adapted to be engaged by the last named supporting roller, and means .for mtergearing the rollers, at either position thereo f.

2. A. can labeling machine compmsmg means for feeding a label, means for applying an adhesive to the label, a pair of relatively adjustable can supporting rollers, a plurality of strippers engaging the adhesive applying means, and a plurality of ad ustable guides facing one of the can supporting rollers.

3. A. can labeling machine comprising means for feeding a label, means for applysaid distances from the first can supporting an adhesive to the'label, a pair of relatively adjustable can supporting rollers, a plurality of guides facing one of said rollers, said guides having articulated shanks composed of outer members and 9f inner members, and means for clamping said members to each other at different angles 5.. A can. labeling machine, comprising means for feeding a label, means for apply.-

ing an adhesive to the label, a pair of relatively adjustable can supporting rollers, a plurality of guidwfacing one of said rollers, said gui eshavingshanks composed of outer eyed members and of inner members, a

rod on'which the outer members are adjustably mounted, means for clamping said outer members to rod, and means for a asaoaa clamping the inner members to the outer members at difierent angles.

6. A can labeling machine, comprising a pair of label feed rollers, a paste receiving roller, a paste applying roller, means for carrying the labels into engagement with the paste applying roller, a pair of relatively adjustable can supporting-rollers, a plurality of strippers engaging the paste applying roller, and a plurality of guides having articulated shanks and engaging one of said can supporting rollers.

I 7. A can labeling machine, cop a pair of label feed rollers, a paste receiving roller, a paste applying roller, means for carrying the labels into engagement with the paste applying roller, a pair of relatively adjustable can supporting rollershaving dilferent diameters, a plurality of strippers engaging the paste applying roller, and a plurality of guides having articulated shanks and engaging the smaller of said can supporting rollers. i TIN FEYBUS 

